PHILADELPHIA – Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay successfully nominated Dr. Joan L. Weiner of Drexel University to a position on the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) scheduled to be held on Nov. 4-11 at U.S. Pacific Command.

JCOC is the Secretary of Defense’s oldest existing outreach program and has been held more than 70 times since its inception in 1948 with thousands of business, civic, education and community leaders benefiting from the in-depth introduction to the military the conference provides.

Throughout the week, Dr. Weiner will attend briefings by senior military and civilian officials followed by hands-on experience exercises, participating in training and interacting with the troops stationed across the globe.

Dr. Weiner, of Philadelphia, has been at Drexel for 25 years and currently holds the position of Professor of Management in the University’s Lebow College of Business.